Execution of Convicted Murderer Ivan Cantú Amid Protests of Innocence: Justice Served or Miscarriage of Evidence?
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – After facing a day of last-minute appeals, convicted murderer Ivan Cantù was executed in Huntsville amid lingering claims of innocence and protests from supporters who believed he was wrongly convicted. Cantù, who was convicted of the execution-style murders of his cousin and the victim’s fiancée, was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m., despite efforts to halt his execution. Cantù’s final moments were spent seeking a stay of execution, with his mother, Sylvia Cantù, …